Prime Minister visits The Argus office

The Prime Minister visited The Argus in Brighton yesterday to have a tour of its new HQ.

In a sharp contrast to some of the Prime Minister’s recent visits around the country, Theresa May spent time talking to new Editor Arron Hendy and his team during her trip.

After congratulating Arron on his appointment and discussing the title’s recent audience growth success during the tour of the new town centre office, the Prime Minister was quizzed on a number of complex local issues by political reporter Neil Vowles.

Among questions on Tory finances for the General Election campaign, the Sussex-born PM was asked about safeguards to the city, which relies so much on tourism and foreign workers, ahead of the Brexit process being completed. Mrs May also discussed Southern Rail – which she had been delayed on earlier – before giving her backing to Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby and championing his work on helping to secure funding for the city’s hospital.

The full interview features online with a video at www.brightonargus.co.uk as well as a special edition of the PM’s visit with five pages of coverage in today’s issue.